Performance analysis of agent network topologies helps multi-agent system developers to understand the impact of topology on system efficiency and effectiveness. Appropriate topol...
Hao Lan Zhang, Clement H. C. Leung, Gitesh K. Raik...
Among features often attributed to software agents are autonomy and mobility. Autonomy of e-commerce agents involves adaptability to engage in negotiations governed by mechanisms ...
There is a wide agreement on the use of norms in order to specify the expected behaviour of agents in open MAS. However, current norm formalisms focus on the declarative nature of ...
In a normative society there are two main problems: defining norms and enforcing them. Enforcement becomes a complex issue as societies become more decentralized and open. We propo...
Adrian Perreau de Pinninck, Carles Sierra, W. Marc...
Abstract. This paper introduces a novel framework for designing multiagent systems, called “Distributed Agent Evolution with Dynamic Adaptation to Local Unexpected Scenarios” (...
Suranga Hettiarachchi, William M. Spears, Derek Gr...